Article-holder.



J. M. KAISER.

ARTICLE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILIED MAYIS, I915.

Patented Oct.

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J. M. KAISER.

ARTICLE HOLDER APPLICATION FILED MAY I5, 1915.

JOSEPH M. KAISER, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs.

ARTICLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. if

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

Application flied May 15, 1915. Serial at. 23,340.

To (all whom it may} concern.

lie it known that l, Josnrn M. KAIsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- .cago. in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvcmcnt in Article-Holders, of which the following is a spm-ification.

l have devised my invention for use more particularly in cases for toilet-articles commonly provided in a form suitable for use by travelers and of the type involving one or more series of loops which serve to hold the articles in spaced relation in position in the case; and my objects, generally stated, are to provide, in holders of the type above referred to, improvements of a novel and simple character to the end that they shall be adapted, to firmly secure in the case, against accidental displacement, articles of different kinds and sizes; and permit of the ready adjustment of the loop-forming members.

Referri g to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a face view of.,a toilet-articleholding case constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the articles in place. Flg. 2 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, the articles being omitted. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the strip which is secured to the body of the case and provides the spaced loops through which the loopforming'strap is threaded. Fig. 4 is a section taken at the line 4 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow, the loop-forming strap being shown as drawn down into engagement with the strip. to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2: and Fig. 5, an edge view of the structure shown in Fig. 2 viewed from thc-right-hand end of this figure.

The general characteristics of the case in connection with which I have chosen toillustrate my invention, are the same as the ordinary form of traveling article-supporting case, involving a body-section 6 formed of two sections 7 and 8 of any suitable'material, as, for example, cloth, sewed together along three sides of the section 8 which leaves one edge of this section free, as represented at 9 and forms a pocket, the opposite ends of the section 7 where they extend beyond the section 8 forming pocket-containingzflaps 10 and 11, which, with flaps 12 and 13 carried by the section 6 at angles to the flaps; 10 and 1.1, serve, when folded able material, and each secure into superposed position on the section 6, to close the case and inclose therein the articles held in the case as hereinafter referred to. In the particular construction of'traveli'ng case illustrated two series of loop-formin devices are provided to hold .in the case but small articles and relatively long ones, in the case of the latter the articles being held at their opposite ends in the loo s at oppo-f' site ends of the case. The looporming devices referred to are of the same construction, each being constructed'in accordance with, and presenting the preferred embodi-' ment of, my invention, a description of these' devices being as follows: Sewed, or other wise secured,to theface of the section 8, are strips 14 of any suitable material, as for example leather, presenting at intervals transversely extending loops 1.5, these loops, by preference, being integral with the str: 8 l4. Straps 16 of leather, or an, other suitat one end to the case, as by the stitching, represented at 17, which penetrates the sections 7 and 8 of the case, the strips 14 and the straps 16 and secures these parts together, are passed under the loops 15of the respective strips 14, as represented in the drawings, to pro-'85 vide the loops 18, into which loops the articles to be held in the case are inserted, as shown in Fig. 1. The straps 16 are free to slide in the loops 15 and may be drawn taut over the articles inserted into the loops 18, whether or not all the loops 18 are filled. T The straps 16 are of suflicient length to extend at their free ends beyond the free edge 9 of the section 8 when the straps are drawn taut over thearticles inserted into the loops 18, and after drawing them to taut-'condition. by pulling on theii free ends, areturned rearwardly and over the edge 9 and tucked at their extremities, to overlap the underside of the section 8, into slots 20 formed in the section 8, as shown in Fig. 1, these slots,. in the preferred construction, bein formed by securing loops to tbe'undersi e of the section 8, as shown. .The free ends of the straps will thus be frictionally held against slippage and the articles in the loops.18 held against accidental displacement. The 100 15 nearest the edge 9 in the case of eac strip 14, and the loops 20, are referably so disposed that the marginal edge-portion 9 of the section 8 will extend beyond them a slight distance, as for example about oneeighth of 'en inch, \l'll hfceus'cs the portions of the edge Qengege'd by the straps 16 to 'turn back slightly vhen fine -extremities of 'lthe straps are drawn taut, and thus the fricrder that the operator may readily girasp on one.

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the ed es of the straps and piill til straps to form loops at those portions, where desired. In the construction ill-ustz'zil)edthis is accomplished by providing the stiips l i, in the spaces between adjacent loopsl5,

'wii-h projections 21, preferably integral with the strips 14 and extending in overlap ping position relative to the straps which pass under the loops 15, and thus should a portion of a strap be drawn taut between ed s-jacent loops 15, as illustrated b dotted lines in Fig. 2, tins portion will be held in such position that its free edge-is accessible and permits the strap to be readily lifted and drawn through these loops 15 to form one of the loops 18, if desired at this point. l/Vhile I have illustrated and described particular construction in w .ich my im en. tion is embodied, I do not Wish.to he Un ike stood as intending to limit tlIQI'Ql'GyBS I seme'may be variously modified rind elterei vgithoutdepartmg iron: the spirit of'iny 111 a I v vention. l

What I claim as new and desire to 1. An HZ'iZlClCJ'lOldBI' provided with loops on one face, a strap threadedtliroiighssid loops and having a free end adapted-6 be deflected over an edge of the holder and turned back to oppose the opposite face of the holder, and means frictionelly engaging the free end of the strap which is turned back zind extends beyond said edge.

"fZ-EAn artic e-hol er provided with loops face a p secured at one and having its ire-e end threaded through ,esi

said loops and having a free end adapted to be deflected over an edge of the holder and be turned back to oppose the opposite face of the holder and be inserted into said slot.

4. An article-holder provided with loops on one face of a section thereof and with a loop on the rear face of said section, and a strap threaded through said first-named loops with its free end adapted to be deflected over. an edge of said section and he turned back and inserted into said loop.

An article'-holder provided with loops on one face of :1 section thereof and with a. loop on the rear face of said section, one of said first-named loops and said lastnaincd loop being located closely adjacent to an edge presented by said section,.and a strap threaded through said first-named loops wish its free end deflected over said edge and turned'hack and lying within said lestmainedloop.

An erticleholder provided with loons with strips extending between said loops, and strap threaded through said loops and slidsble therein and located between strips, and means for holding portions of the un'dersurface of the strap between said loops above the plane of the upper surfaces of said strips.

'Z. An article-holder provided with loops 'Wjih stripsv extending hetweensaid loops,

and a strap threaded through said loops and slidable fzhere'in and located between said strips, and projections on said strips said loops and engage-(able by said strap when drawn "cent for holding portions of the nndersnrface of the strap between said loops and shove the plane of the upper surfaces of said strips.

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